Around the NBA 2022 Playoffs: The Thread

He was really good off the bench as well.
12-17 and 5-10 from 3 for 34 points in 23 minutes. He was +32 while on the floor.

 

It's almost like a flex by Kerr. "See, I have a superstar who is okay with coming off the bench. You may think your superstar is Steph's equal, but you KNOW he'd never agree to that!" I mean, we couldn't even do that with CJ, let alone Dame.

 

you guys are working really hard to diss the Blazers

"Klay is a huge-ass guard"....Josh Hart?

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height: Poole 6′ 3.5”....Simons 6'2.25"
wingspan: Poole 6′ 6.75” ....Simons 6'9.25"
standing reach: Poole 8′ 3.5” ....Simons 8′ 3.5”
hand length: Poole 8.25”....Simons 8.75"
hand width: Poole 8.5”....Simons 9.0"

I don't think there is any appreciable difference in size between Simons and Poole. Simons was a year younger than Poole at the combine and it sure looks to me like Simons was more of a cub who grew into his paws

It's not like the Blazers are going with Dame-Simons-Napier. Hart is a physical guard and he's aggressive

 

I wasn't working hard at all. I thought he was referring to the three guard lineup that we had from the time Norm got here until he left. I didn't know we were trying a three guard lineup after the trade deadline or that we were even trying at all.

 

sure, there's a difference between a 3-guard lineup and a 3 guard rotation. The Warriors don't run Curry-Poole-Klay together that often, or at last they havent' so far. It's more a situational lineup depending on opponent and circumstance. Blazers can do that with Hart, although I'd prefer they don't too often

the more comparable situation is Curry + Poole compared to Dame + Simons

 

Context is important. Curry-Poole-Klay had barely played together prior to this week (I'm not sure how to look that up, but they don't show up in any of GS' top 3-man lineups on NBA.com), Poole was really just coming into his own when Curry went down for a month, and Curry is on a minutes restriction in a temporary reserve roll. There's no data there worth projecting on.

 

Dame-Ant-Hart haven't played together at all

 

Can’t wait to see that three guard lineup! You guys think it will be better then our previous one?

 

yes, I think Dame-Ant-Hart would be better than Dame-CJ-Powell. But I don't want that 3-guard lineup; I want that 3-guard rotation and am hoping for, at minimum a SF/PF combo of something like rookie (Murray/Mathurian/Griffin) & Grant. I think Portland would be a lot different than they have been for the last 8 seasons with a forward combo like that rather than RoCo/Powell or Bazemore/Melo or Aminu/Harkless

 

Klay is a full inch taller but i can give you Hart is younger and has room to improve while Klay is still coming off injury. Not sure I'm ready to compare the two just yet. Klay has a couple rings.

 

obviously, with Curry and Klay you're talking about superior talent. But the discussion was about 3 guards working together in situational lineups. If we're talking about size there isn't a big difference between the two sets. And there's essentially no difference between Curry/Poole and Dame/Ant

 

Saw on Linkedin Blazers are hiring a new Ticket Sales Manager.

 

They have a better defensive mindset as a team, have the coaching for it, and some nice defensive pieces that compliment their more offensive oriented players. The team defense is where it's at though. This is the goal. Look at Phoenix now compared to before CP joining. Booker was looked at like a better CJ. He was a genius at scoring, but people thought he was a negative defender, and weren't sure he could be the leader of a winning team. They added defensive pieces, upped their team defense, which Paul's BBIQ certainly helped, and moved to a different tier. Something like this is the goal.

 

So wtf was the issue with DMC and Barton last night? None of his teammates seemed pleased with him.
What stupid thing did he say now?

 

Typical side step.

 

Saw that. Not in Barton's character to do that....quite sure Cousins spend his big mouth like usual

 

my wheels:

 

Interesting

 

Can the Pels even win a game in this series?

 

Probably not but they are trying.